I accidentally killed my Bahrain starter I activated last Sunday.
I was using my oven as an incubator with its 25W bulb, but
someone turned it on and now my bowl of starter plus the sponge
I was preparing for today are charcoal.

After I ordered a new culture this morning, I discovered I had
left out a bowl with a sponge from the other day I thought had
failed (I had used some corn flour and I thought it killed it),
but while a bit dried out, it was definitely active so I am
trying to revive it. I only hope that the Lactobacillus has
survived intact, I won't know till tomorrow when I bake a test
loaf.

Since SI orders ship on Mondays, I hope I can change my order
to another variety if this one turns out okay. I'm not going
to cancel it because I ordered his book, but there's no point
in getting another packet of Bahrain if this one survived.